TWO MEDFOKD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, Auguit 7, 1957
League Gommittees Meet
To Plan Yearns Programs
Plans for the coming year's ac
tivities were discussed by the
voter's service committee of
Medford League of Women
Voters at a meeting August 1 at
the home of Mrs. I. S. Thomas.
Attending the meeting were Mrs.
Gordon Mackenzie, Mrs. Robert
Duncan, Mrs. Harold Snodgrass,
Mrs. Ronald James, Miss Laura
York and Mrs. Thomas. Mrs. Nat
Etzel. Mrs. Julie Tummers, Mrs.
Vernon LeRoy and Mrs. Charles
Freeman are also members of the
committee.
Numerous possible projects
were mentioned which would
pme within the purpose of
voters service, which is to en
courage citizens of a community
to participate more actively in
government and to inform voters
of candidates, voting procedures
and election laws.
One proposed Idea meeting
with enthusiasm from the -committee
was a "Know Your Coun
ty Government" program, with
emphasis on becoming acquaint
ed with county officials and
their duties by scheduling tours
through the court house and
meetuig the personnel "in ac
tion." It was felt this basic
knowledge of the workings of
the county government and var
ious officials involved is neces
sary to more properly evaluate
competency of those whom we
elect.
Go See Program
Through this "go-see" pro
gram league members and others
interested would also be notified
of court trials and become more
familiar with court procedures.
It was noted that the following
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positions will be up for election
in the primaries of May 16,
1958: Circuit court judge posi
tion No. 1 now held by Judge
H. K. Hanna, Circuit court posi
tion No. 3 now hejd by Judge
Edward C. Kelly and district
judge, now held by James Main;
county commissioner, county
sheriff, and county coroner; two
state representatives and one
state senator position.
Forum Suggested
Other activities mentioned by
the voter's service committee
were public forum meetings with
a debate on a controversial sub
ject such as public vs. private
pow8r by well known speakers
and also television programs
aimed at education for ballot
measures with special emphasis
on topics' the league has studied,
such as the County Home Rule
measure. Voter's service commit
tee ideas wil then be presented
to the league board for final ap
proval. The next meeting of the
board will be at the home of Mrs,
Ron James, 205 South Barne
burg road, at 10a.m. August 13.
Although there are no formal
meetings of the Medford League
of Women Voters until the last
Saturday in September, various
committees of the league have
been active during the summer
laying the ground work for
studies to be made during the
coming year and working on lo
cal League organization.
The committee studying water
resources (National Item II stud
ied by all Leagues throughout
the U. S.) is under the chairman
ship of Mrs. Ogden Kellogg of
Gold Hill and held its second
meeting of the summer at the
home of Mrs. Charlas Crary, An
dover drive, Cherr; heights, yes
terday. Members of this commit
tee are Mrs. J. W. Barnard, Mrs.
Lynn Valentine, Mrs. H. P. Bos
worth Jr., Mrs. Harold Head and
Mrs. I. S. Thomas.
The membership committee
met recently at the home of the
chairman, Mrs. Richard Pedley,
and prepared a report concern
ing the membership picnic held
in July at the lake home of Mrs.
John Day. The picnic, an annual
social event of the league, at
tracted a crowd of nearly 70
women, 36 of whom were guests
of league members. Two new
league members who joined at
this time were Mrs. Robert Mil
ler and Mrs. Vernon LeRoy.
The membership committee
also discussed briefly the Found
er's tea to be held in November
at which past Medford League
officers and charter members
will be honored, and a member
ship drive to be held in the
spring.
Mrs. Dunbar Carpenter and
Mrs. John Ousterhout, co-chairmen
of the local item study for
league, met August 1st to dis
cuss plans for the preparation
of a "Know Your County" book
let concerning Jackson county
government.
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Teacher Leaves
For Washington
Miss Georgia Jacobs, Aber
deen, Wash., who has been at
tending summer classes at South
ern Oregon college, left Tuesday
morning for her home. She was
accompanied by her sister, Mrs.
William Crabb, and her niece,
Tuddie Koskie, of Central Point
and the three plan a vacation
trip in Washington.
Miss Jacobs teaches first grade
in the Aberdeen public schools.
Californians Here
To Visit Family
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Barn
um and two children, Barnaby
jnd Sara, of Anaheim, Calif.,
are in the valley to visit Mr.
Barnum's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Barnum, South Pacific
highway. They will spend some
time jt the Barnum's cabin on
the shores of Lake of the Woods,
and will attend performances
of the Oregon Shakespearean
festival in Ashland. .
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Y Knot Twirlers
Postpone Dance
Kenneth Hood, president of
the Y Knot Twirlers Square
Dance club, has announced that
the scheduled dance Thursday at
the Medford YMCA has been
postponed until Thursday, Aug
ust 15.
The dance was postponed be
cause there will be two dances
at the Josephine County Fair in
Grants Pass this week end.
Dances are scheduled Friday and
Saturday nights sponsored by
the Rogue Valley Square Dance
Callers association and the Fair
board.
Women of Moose
Attend Meeting
Officers of Medford Women
of Moose were in Grants Pass
recently to attend an instruction
meeting.
New officers of the Medford
chapter who attended were
Mrs. Ray Daniels, graduate re
gent; Mrs. Leo Webster, senior
regent; Mrs. Elbert . Cooper,
junior regent; Mrs. E. L. Thomp
son, chaplain; Mrs. Paul Coates,
recorder; Mrs. Yetta Flowers,
treasurer.
Kansas City
Girl Youngest
Camp Director
By TILL HAGERTY
Kansas City, Mo. (W A 24-year-old
Kansas City girl has
become the youngest director of
municipal camps in the history
of the city.
Blonde Beverly Breuer, who
attends graduate school and
pampers a black cocker spaniel,
will direct the city's 400-acre
Camp Lake of the Woods this
summer.
Beverly admitted that the re
sponsibility of directing an 11
week program for some 750 en
thusiastic campers is bewilder
ing at times.
"You really have to have a
basic knowledge of . . . well . . .
everything from plumbing to
astronomy," she said. "Just the
other day I learned how to oper
ate the filtering system on the
swimming pool. And the day be
fore that I had to round up five
horses that broke through a
fence."
Beverly and her staff of 35
counselors, cooks and mainten
ace men have to deal with more
than the run-of-the-mill prob
lems. In addition to special leader
ship training programs and regu
lar session open to all Kansas
City children, the camp offers a
unique program for handicapped
children. It is the only municipal
camp in the country which plans
special supervised sessions for
the cardiac, cerebral palsy, dia
betic and blind.
Most of the children are be
tween the ages of 9 and 15. But
one week each summer is set
aside for the Golden Age session
for the 65 years and older
group.
Democracy prevails in all
camp activities. Each day the
campers meet with their coun
selors and discuss what they
would like to do. In addition to
swimming, horseback riding,
archery, overnight hikes and
cookouts, the children are taught
such basic camping skills as
building fires, chopping wood,
erecting shelters and making
furniture. ' - .
For years Beverly has been
working with groups. While
while studying for her M.A. in
social psychology at the Univer
sity of Kansas City, she has been
graduate adviser and moderator
of a group called the "Panel of
Americans." The panel is com
posed of students with varied ra
cial and religious backgrounds
who discuss current and social
problems.
Beverly was graduated from
KCU in 1953 and taught first
grade the following year. The
next year she worked as a recre
ation supervisor for the city be
f o r e returning to graduate
school.
For five summers, , Beverly
counseled at Camp Lake of the
Woods. She's also volunteered as
a summer church school teacher,
a folk and square dance instruc
tor for the YWCA and a trainer
for adult Girl Scout leaders.
When Beverly isn't working
on her thesis a personnel test
for camp counselors she is in
the Ozarks on a canoe trip, show
ing her dog in an obedience
class, or exploring caves.
Plaid shorts and blue sneakers
are Beverley's favorite clothes.
Her friends say that whenever
she enters a room, so does the
smell of woodsmoke. But she
brings something more- a revi
valist's zeal for professional
camping.
Society
Colonel, Family
Visit in Medford
Visitors in the valley include
Col. and Mrs. Everett W. Duvall
and their two children, Claudia
and Douglas, who are guests in
the home of Mrs. Duvall's brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur G. Cummings, 1000
Alta avenue.
The Duvalls are also visiting
another brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Gass,
805 Pine street. The family has
been living at Ft. Monroe, Va.,
where the colonel was assigned
to duty for the past three years,
and from here will go to Bang
kok, Thailand, for his r.ext tour
of duty. The Duvalls will sail
from San Francisco August 16
for Hawaii from where they will
continue to Thailand.
Texas Woman
Sees Medicine
Develop in AF
Br PAT RIEHL
United Press Correspondent
San Antonio, Tex. HP)
Miss Cora Hughes has had a
front . row seat for observing
the unfolding of a new facet of
medicine.
She was on hand when the
Air Force first developed all
altitude chamber, and she saw
the Air Force School of Avia
tion Medicine here attract
world-wide renown as the cen
ter of a new science that of
space medecine.
In her modest way, Miss
Hughes helped the Air Force
school out-grow 'it quarters sev
eral times, as it spiraled into
new fields. Recently bids were
school, and at the same time
Miss Hughes ended her 30
years in the field.
In 1926, she went to work
for the Aviation Medicine
School at what then was
Brooks Field. The school was
housed temporarily in one cor
ner of a big dirigble hangar
which no longer exists.
When the school left Brooks
in 1931, for new, roomier quar
ters, the efficient cheerful bru
nette went right along with it.
Miss Hughes' part in the
school's increasing contribu
tion to aero-medical science
never was impossible. But it
was long, it was always de
pendable, and it was her life.
She Remembered
Her first assignment was in
the general physical depart
ment where the candidates for
flight training get their exami
nations. . Later Miss Hughes worked
in the aeromedical library
where she obligingly typed
papers for student medical of
ficers. Most of the high-ranking
officers in the Air Force
medical service remember Miss
Hughes for some aid offer
ed to them in their student
days.
For the last 16 years of serv
ice. Miss Hughes was a contract
clerk in the school's material
division. Here again, she did
a competent, thorough job.
When Miss Hughes retired,
the commandant of the school,
Maj. Gen. Otis Benson, wanted
to offer a token of the school's
appreciation. Miss Hughes was
the last surviving employee of
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Control Centers Reducing
Loss of Life from Poisons
By GAY PAULEY
United Press Correspondent
New York (IT) Just name
it, and a child will swallow it.
As a result, each year 500
children under the age of five
die from household 'poisoning;
untold numbers more suffer in
jury, and often permanent dis
abling.
In an effort to, prevent this
loss of life or injury, 32 poison
control centers today operate in
various cities around the nation.
One of the first centers, and a
pattern for many of the others,
is the one operating as part of
New York City's Health Depart
ment.
It was founded at the request
of local medical societies who
wanted an information clearing
house; a place where parents,
doctors and hospitals could get
speedy information on the
chemical content, and the danger
involved, when junior ate or
drank something not meant for
a small tummy.
Director of the New York
center is Dr. Harold Jacobziner,
assistant health commissioner;
chief chemist and technical di
rector is Harry Rayburn.
Danger of Pneumonia
"Some of the items dangerous
to a child aren't posions in the
true sense," Rayburn explained.
"But they stiU can be fatal." He
explained that anything contain
ing the petroleum oils was risky
because if a child got any in his
lungs, there was danger of irrita
tion and pneumonia.
Talk to these two men and
you wonder why the death toll
annually isn't above their figure
of 500. They have records of
children gulping everything
from heavy amounts of whisky
(the child died) to a bottle of
perfume (the child recovered).
The New York center handles
an average of 500 cases a month.
Most frequent calls ask for ad
vice on a dose of aspirin or
household bleach, Rayburn said.
But lead poisoning is the one
which worries the center the
most, because it so frequently
is fatal.
'It kills more children than
polio in this city," said the medi
cal director. . 'Eight deaths - al
ready this year."
Jacobziner said most paint
manufacturers now use only a
minute and safe amount of
lead in paints.
Just From Chewing
"But the old coats underneath
can kill ... just from a child
chewing on a window sill or
eating painted plaster," said
Jacobziner.
Rayburn said pther potential
ly dangerous items which find
their way into children's stom
achs include insecticides, deter
gents, shoe polish, lighter fluid,
the caustics such as lye, furni
ture "polish, turpentine, lini
ments, drugs meant for grown
ups only, kerosene, machine oil,
solvents, and even those liquids
which are meant for blowing
bubbles.
"Our advice to parents is
if it isn't food, keep it away
from the children," said Ray
burn. s
The center's emergency work
is not without its lighter side.
One of its steadiest customers is
the mother of a small boy, who
has a knack for eating the
wrong thing. His latest "diet"
the interior of one of those
snow-scene paper weights. The
center said the contents were
harmless.
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the school's first years in
Texas.
But civil service regulations
don't provide for parting gifts
such as commemorative watch
es. So Miss Hughes now hat a
hand -Uuminated certificate of
appreciation for her long and
dvoted service to Air Force
medicine.
Wednesday:
8 p.m. Veterans of World
War I, Medford barracks, Red
man hall.
Thursday:
11 a.m. Woman's Christ
ian Temperance Union, at home
of Dr. and Mrs. Bert Elliott.
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MISS INDIAN AMERICA
Delores Jean Shortly (above),
19, a full-blooded Navajo
Indian of Brigham City,
Utah, was crowned Miss
Indian America V at Sheri
dan, Wyo., as a climax to the
All-American Indian Days
Celebration.' ' .
To Meet
Eagle's auxiliary will meet
Thursday, ' August 8, at 8 p.m.
in the lodge hall. Election will
be held to fill a vacancy in
the roster of officers.
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Sister Here :
Mrs. Lillian Rode Huguenin
of New York City is spending
several weeks in Medford as a
guest of her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. George
Rode, Griffin Creek. Mrs. Hu
guenin is a teacher in the New
York schools. .
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